Gg-5. Is ISLAM a RELIGION of PEACE?
Many Muslims, perhaps most peaceful Muslims would undoubtedly say that Islam is in fact a religion of PEACE. And for certain there are many verses in the Quran that speak of peace. Even the lifestyle of many Muslims would indicate that Islam is a religion of peace. In fact on many levels from the outside looking in it appears that Islam is a religion of peace. So much so that many who are in the world are embracing Islam as a religion of peace. Even some Christians are leaving their faith are concerting to Islam, because to them it seems more peaceful than what they see in Christianity. The Bible says that the ANTICHRIST will come in PEACEABLY. Please read Daniel 8:23-25 which teaches us that the ANTICHRIST shall be very crafty and shall DECEIVE many by coming in PEACE. And this is EXACTLY what Islam has been doing ever since Islam began to recover from it's deadly wound with the fall of the Ottoman empire.
"And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full (speaking of the LAST DAYS), a king of fierce countenance , and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up (referring to the ANTICHRIST). 24. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people (speaking of the Christians and the Jews). 25. And through his POLICY also he shall cause CRAFT (or DECEPTION) to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and BY PEACE shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand."
So even though Islam MAY APPEAR to be a PEACEFUL religion on the surface the Quran teaches TRUE Muslims to FIGHT for the CAUSE of ALLAH, which is called JIHAD.
SO THEN, WHAT is JIHAD?
Is jihad just an inner struggle, as many Muslims claim?
According to the Quran, JIHAD means to a true Muslim, "leaving your homes and spending your wealth in the cause of Allah." Jihad does not indicate an inner struggle, such as resiting sin in the Christian faith, as some Muslims claim.
Islam is a religion in which Allah requires you to send your son to die for him! Whereas in Christianity Almighty God has sent HIS Son to die for YOU!
Fighting is ordained for Muslims, whether they like it or not:
Islam is NOT a religion of peace!
Muslims are told NOT to cry for peace when they are winning:
In other words, as long as the Muslims are at an ADVANTAGE they are taught NOT to cry for or make PEACE, but when they are few in number and at a strong disadvantage they are taught to be PEACEFUL until they become the STRONGER. But the Holy Bible teaches us that we as Christians are to LOVE our enemies and to PRAY for those who FIGHT against us to despite us and persecute us. Please read Matthew 5:2-12 followed by Matthew 5:44 which teaches true believers to be gentle and meek.
"And he (Jesus) opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7. Blessed are the MERCIFUL: for they shall obtain mercy. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9. Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS: for they shall be called the children of God. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11. Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12. REJOICE, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you."
So then, in the Holy Bible Almighty God through his Son Jesus teaches true believer to know that they are BLESSED we men persecute us, revile us, falsely accuse us and say all manner of evil against us for the sake of the kingdom of Almighty God. Whereas ALLAH of Islam teaches Muslims just the OPPOSITE, which is to FIGHT those who will not submit to Islam. Now not only are Christians taught by the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible NOT to war and fight against those who mock Christianity any even persecute us that we are to PRAY for them so that Almighty God will open their eyes to the TRUTH and REPENT of the evil ways. Please read Matthew 5:44 which CLEARLY teaches the TRUE followers of the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God to PRAY and NOT FIGHT those who do not believe the TRUTH and who PERSECUTE us who do BELIEVE the TRUTH. Please read Matthew 5:43-48 which teaches us the way of the Almighty God wants us to treat others. "You have heard that it hath been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. 44. But I say unto you, LOVE your enemies, BLESS them that curse you, DO GOOD to them that hate you, and PRAY for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you (WHY? Why does Almighty God COMMANDS us to LOVE our ENEMIES?); 45. THAT (or SO THAT) you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.(in other words, Almighty God does NOT have PLEASURE in the DEATH of the WICKED, but rather is MERCIFUL to them giving them space to REPENT and TURN AWAY from their evil ways) 46. For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans (or sinners) the same? 47. And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? Do not even the publicans so? 48. Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
You see my dear Muslim brothers and sisters Almighty God LOVES you. Even while you are yet a SINNER and therefore God's ENEMY, Almighty God still LOVES YOU and he wants you to come to him on HIS TERMS, which is to ACCEPT his SON Jesus and the sacrifice the Jesus made for YOU! I want you to read 1 John chapter 4 all the way through, because it teaches us a VITAL TRUTH about how we can TRULY KNOW that we are serving the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God creator of all.
"Beloved, believe NOT every spirit, but TRY the spirits whether they are OF God: because many FASLE prophets are gone out into the world.(to ME there is NO DOUBT that Muhammad is a FALSE prophet who did NOT TRY the SPIRIT that appeared to him disguising himself as the angel Gabriel) 2. Hereby KNOW you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is OF God: 3. And every spirit that confesses NOT that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is NOT of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4. You are OF God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them. 6. We are OF God: he that KNOWS God hears US; he that is NOT OF God hears NOT US. Hereby KNOW we the spirit of TRUTH, and the spirit of ERROR. 7. Beloved, let us LOVE one another: for LOVE is OF God; and EVERY one that LOVES is born OF God, and KNOWS God. 8. He that loves NOT knows NOT God; for God is love. 9. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12. No man hath seen God at any time. IF we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13. Hereby KNOW we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15. WHOSOEVER (and this means YOU my dear Muslim brothers and sisters, WHOSOEVER) shall confess that Jesus is the SON of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. 16. And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. 17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. (so as long as we are walking in LOVE and we are NOT HATING our fellow man including our ENEMIES, then we shall have CONFIDENCE in the DAY of JUDGMENT) 18. There is NO FEAR in LOVE; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. 19. We love him, because he first loved us. 20. If a man SAY, I LOVE God, and HATES his brother (or HATES his fellow man even if that fellow man is an ENEMY to you), he is a LIAR: for he that LOVE NOT his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21. And this COMMANDMENT have we from him (Almighty God), That he who loves God LOVE his brother ALSO."
Remember what Jesus taught us in the Gospel of Matthew 5:44 that we must LOVE our ENEMIES and the DO GOOD to those who wrong us and to PRAY for those who mock an persecute us for BELIEVING in the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God and his SON Jesus.
"But I say unto you, LOVE your enemies, BLESS them that curse you, DO GOOD to them that hate you, and PRAY for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you (WHY? Why does Almighty God COMMANDS us to LOVE our ENEMIES?);"
Can you not see my dear Muslim brothers and sisters that a TRUE BELIEVER in Almighty God the Father and his SON Jesus would rather endure persecution and even death at the hands of Muslims rather than SUBMIT to the FASLE god Allah and the teachings of the FALSE prophet Muhammad, because we KNOW what the WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible teaches us. It is because we as TRUE BELIEVERS who READ, STUDY, and OBEY the word of TRUTH, which IS the Holy Bible, that we KNOW that ALLAH is NOT the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God of the Holy Bible. This is why we as Christians will NOT submit to Islam. You see, my dear Muslim brothers and sisters the word of TRUTH does NOT teach true believers to HATE or to KILL our fellow man as does the FALSE teaching of your Quran/
The
Quran teaches you as good Muslims that you are to fight
ALL who don't believe in Islam no matter what their religion, until
they submit or pay the Jizya or PAY the tax:
Now this is NOT what the Holy Bible teaches us as Christians. The word of TRUTH teaches us that we are to be GENLTLE and apt to teach those that OPPOSE THEMSELVES by not believing the TRUTH and who FIGHT against Almighty God by resiting his TRUTH.
But
the Quran teaches just the OPPOSITE of what the ONE TRUE and ONLY
Almighty God of the Holy Bible teaches by commanding you as a good
Muslim and follower of Islam to SLAY ALL those who do not submit to
ALLAH and Islam.
This is NOT the ONE TRUE Almighty God of the Bible, because the ONE TRUE God is LOVE and is MERCIFUL and is LONGSUFFERING NOT desiring that ANY man should perish, but rather ALL men should come to the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH and be SAVED, and therefore would NOT teach anyone to SLAY his fellow man. The Bible teaches us that Almighty God HIMSELF will take VENGEANCE upon all those that REJECT his WORD of TRUTH. Please read Romans 12:12-20 which CLEARLY teaches us that we are to never render EVIL to those who are cruel and evil to us. "Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in PRAYER; 13. Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14. BLESS them which persecute you: BLESS, and curse NOT. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17. Recompense to NO man EVIL for EVIL. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18. If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live PEACEABLY with ALL men.(in other words, if they will NOT be at peace with you, then walk AWAY and leave them be, but still PRAY for them) 19. Dearly beloved, AVENGE NOT YOURSELVES, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is MINE; I (speaking of Almighty God, I)will REPAY, says the Lord. (in other words, Almighty God HIMSELF will take care of KILLING those that persecute you for the sake of the kingdom ao Almighty God) 20. Therefore if your ENEMY hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head. 21. Be NOT OVERCOME of EVIL, but overcome evil with GOOD."
And FIGHT with them until there is no more persecution and religion should be only for Allah; but if they desist, then surely Allah sees what they do. (Surat 8:39) The TRUTH of the matter is that the Holy Bible teaches us that there will be UNBELIEVERS on the DAY of JUDGMENT. So then, for ALLAH to say that you as a good Muslim should FIGHT UNTIL there is ONLY those left who follow Islam is to say that the ONE TRUE Almighty God of the Bible is a LIAR, because his WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, teaches that the MAJORITY of the world will NOT receive his word of TRUTH and be SAVED when he comes on the DAY of JUDGMENT. And if you say that the ONE TRUE Almighty God of the Bible is a LIAR, the you are saying that the Holy Bible itself is a LIE and is NOT the TRUTH, therefore proving that the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God of the Bible is NOT ALLAH. And if you say that the Holy Bible is NOT the WORD of TRUTH, then you are saying that the Quran is NOT the truth, because the Quran teaches that it CONFIRMS the SCRIPTURES that were BEFORE it. So this means that you are in reality saying the your prophet Mohammad is also a LIAR. Can you not see my dear Muslim brothers and sisters how the Quran CONTRADICTS what the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible teaches? Please read the study "DOES the QURAN CONTRADICT the BIBLE?" for many CLEAR and undeniable CONDTRACICTION between what the Holy Bible teaches and what the Quran teaches.
Anyone who disbelieves Islam or Mohammad as a prophet deserves DEATH:
In other words, ANYONE who does NOT believe and follow ISLAM is considered a DISBELIVER according to the Quran. But the WORD of TRUTH, the HOLY BIBLE, teaches that ANYONE who does NOT BELIEVE in Jesus the SON of Almighty God does NOT BELIEVE in the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God of the BIBLE and this person according to the word of TRUTH is a DISBELIEVER. Can you not see the DIFFERENCE my dear Muslim brothers and sisters between what the Quran teaches and what the WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, teaches, which the Quran supposedly CONFIRMS as the REVELATION of Allah that came BEFORE the Quran. They do NOT teach the SAME things. Yes there is SOME truth in the Quran, but this is HOW Satan has always DECEIVED God's people by MIXING some truth in with his LIES. The ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God, the God of the BIBLE is a God of LOVE. And he COMMANDS his FOLLOWERS to LOVE one another and for us to even LOVE or ENEMIES. And yet the Quran teaches you Muslims just the OPPOSITE!
But when the forbidden months are past, then FIGHT and SLAY the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war; but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and PAY the jizya, then open the way for them (Surat 9:5)
To ME. when I read this part about FIGHTING unbelievers UNTIL they PAY MONEY, I saw immediately that Muhammad was DECEIVED by the ROOT of ALL EVIL, which is MONEY. Almighty God does NOT need MONEY, The Bible teaches us that Almighty God LOVES a CHEERFUL GIVER and NOT one who is FORCED into SUNMISSION to give. Please read the word of TRUTH, 1 Corinthians 9:7,8, which teaches us that Almighty God desires us to give from our hearts as we are able to give and to give CHEERFULLY.
"Every man according as HE purposes in his heart, so let him give; NOT grudgingly, or of necessity: for (or BECAUSE) God LOVES a CHEERFUL giver. 8. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
FIGHT, KILL, SLAY. FORCE people TO PAY MONEY: this NOT the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God of the WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, but rather this is the FALSE god ALLAH of the Quran and Islam, by which you my dear Muslims brothers and sisters have been DECEIVED.
FLEE from this DECEPTION of Islam BEFORE it is too late, for once you make the CHOICE to REJECT the word of TRUTH that I am teaching you, and you make the choice to rather continue to believe the DECEPTION of Satan to KILL your fellow man just because they will NOT submit to Islam and bow down to this GALSE god ALLAH, then you have TAKEN the MARK of the BEAST of which their is NO FORGIVENESS on the DAY of JUDGMENT!
A tale about how Moses was shown that slaying an innocent boy was good since the boy would have grown up and would not have accepted Islam ( no non-Muslims are innocent.)Allah would give his parents a better son anyway:
Aggression is WORSE than killing. So then, KILLING is viewed as being BETTER than being an aggressor (such as the US or Israel):
But yet the word of Almighty God teaches us to turn the other cheek when people strike out at us. God teaches us to forgive and pray for those who wrong us. The only FIGHT that we are taught to FIGHT by the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God is the GOOD FIGHT of FAITH in which we RESIST our ONLY enemy, Satan, that old serpent, the Devil. Christians are never taught in the NEW COVENANT of Jesus to FIGHT our fellow man.
Allah sent iron for war:
Does the Koran forbid suicide?
The verse used by Muslims to prove Islam forbids suicide is below. Three translations are shown to prove the verse is not about suicide. It is about Muslims killing EACH OTHER:
"O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful!" YusufAli (Surat 4:29)
"O ye who believe! Squander not your wealth among yourselves in vanity, except it be a trade by mutual consent, and kill not one another. Lo! Allah is ever Merciful unto you." Pickthal (Surat 4:29)
"O you who believe! do not devour your property among yourselves falsely, except that it be trading by your mutual consent; and do not kill your people; surely Allah is Merciful to you. " Shakir (Surat 4:29)
So it says not to kill other Muslims, right? Then how come Muslims do in FACT KILL other Muslims? What about MERCY KILLINGS where family members KILL other members of their OWN family for the CAUSE of ALLAH.
According
to the Qurqn, those who do NOT FIGHT for Allah in the manner
described by the Quran, are considered HYPOCRITES. If ANY Muslims
would dare interfere with the Jihadists, then the Jihadists are
ordered to FIGHT against that Muslim who interferes. This means if
one family member would STAND UP for their fellow family member who
is being KILLED as as HONOR KILLING, then that Muslim family member
MSUT ALSO be KILLED, because they are INTERFERING with the CAUSE of
ALLAH.
Truly,
if the Hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and those
who stir up sedition in the City, desist not, We shall certainly stir
thee up against them: Then will they not be able to stay in it as thy
neighbors for any length of time: (Surat 33:60)
Jihad is NOT an inner struggle: Not equal are those believers who sit at home like women and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit at home. (Surat 4:95)
Martyrdom is encouraged in Islam:
Whoso fights in the cause of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, we shall soon give him a great reward. (Surat 4:74)
Knowest thou not of those who were told: restrain your hands, observe prayer and pay the zakat: but they were eager to fight? Yet, now that fighting has been prescribed for them, suddenly a section of them have begun to fear people as they should fear Allah or even more, and they say: Lord, why hast thou prescribed fighting for us? Wouldst thou not grant us respite yet awhile? Tell them: the enjoyment of this life is a trifle and the hereafter is better for those who are mindful of their duty to Allah (Surat 4:77)
O ye who believe, what ails you that, when it is said to you: Go forth, all together, to fight in the cause of Allah; you are held down by your worldly interests? Is it that you prefer the hither life to the hereafter? If so, you must remember that all this life has to offer is of little value in comparison with the hereafter, If you go not forth, he will chastise you with a painful chastisement and will replace you with another people, and you shall do him no harm at all. (9:38-39)
I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. O ye who believe, strike at their necks and smite all their finger tips off them. (Surat 8:12)
When you meet in battle those who have disbelieved, smite their necks and after the slaughter fasten tight the bonds, until the war lays aside its burdens. Then either release them as a favor, or in return for ransom. That is the ordinance. Had Allah so pleased he could have punished them himself, but he has willed that he may try some of you by means of others. Allah will never render vain the works of those who are slain in his cause. He will guide them and improve their condition and admit them into the garden which he has made known to them. (Surat 47:4-6)
Allah tests humans to make sure they will kill disbelievers:
O ye who believe! When ye meet the unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them. If any do turn his back to them on such a day—unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop of his own—he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is hell—an evil refuge indeed! (Surat 8:15-16) It is not ye who slew them, it was Allah: When thou threwest a handful of dust, it was not thy act, but Allah’s, in order that he might test the believers by a gracious trial from himself: for Allah is he who heareth and knoweth all things. (Surat 8:15-17)
Allah said: Surely I am with you; if you keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and believe in My messengers and assist them and offer to Allah a goodly gift, I will most certainly cover your EVIL deeds, and I will most certainly cause you to enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow, but whoever disbelieves from among you after that, he indeed shall lose the right way. (Surat 5:12)
The word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, teaches differently as to how Almighty God FORGIVES us of our sins. In other words premeditated acts of terrorism and murder must be TRULY REPENTED of before they would be FORGIVEN by God. Besides NO TRUE Christian would WILLINGLY premeditate, and meticulously plan the MURDER of INNOCENT people.
When a Surat of basic or categorical meaning is revealed, and fighting is mentioned therein, thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with a look of one in swoon at the approach of death. (Surat 47:20)
Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. (Surat 58:22) Allah forbids Muslims to make friends with disbelievers:
Let not the believers take the disbelievers for friends or helpers in preference to believers; whoever does that has no connection with Allah. Your only course is to keep away from them altogether. (Surat 3:28)
Apostates (those who leave Islam) should be murdered:
They (the Hypocrites) desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be alike; therefore take not from among them friends until they flee to Allah's way; but if they turn back, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not from among them a friend or a helper. (Surat 4:89)
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